How to draw BONNIE

Welcome to the other side! It was a very late night/early morning for us watching all the results. Nap time this afternoon, methinks, while you all enjoy …

Today’s gorgeous Bonnie tangle is from Australian CZT Jennifer Jones, and it’s her first on the site.

Jennifer introduces herself,

“I’m from Sydney, Australia. I’ve always loved all kinds of art. After discovering the Zentangle Method™ I became completely intrigued. In 2015 I travelled to Providence to become CZT#18 which was a wonderful experience.

The inspiration for this tangle came when I was experimenting with different tangles for an upcoming Zentangle Workshop. I became fascinated with the versatility of Bonnie. Depending on the placement/shading Bonnie can either be the focus of the tile or it seems to optically look like something else!

Bonnie also looks great in a border.

I named this tangle Bonnie which is the nickname for our first granddaughter, born in October!“

I’m guessing Jennifer isn’t aware of this, but Bonnie is actually a “slice” extracted from CZT Jana Pharmer’s Stella tangle. A sort of fragment, in a way (I can hear minds going into gear). And Jennifer has taken it to really interesting places which you can see in this collage of her beautiful Bonnie tiles which I’ve included as an enticement to experiment. You can view and enjoy the original enlarged version on her website.

Jennifer illustrates the step-by-step instructions for drawing Bonnie below, “My example tile shows Bonnie with Sand Swirl by Kerry Heun and a bit of Crescent Moon by Rick & Maria. More examples for using Bonnie can be found on my website.” In her tile Jennifer has stacked two Bonnie elements coming from each corner resulting in a fascinating meta-pattern in the center.

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Check out the tag jenniferj for more of Jennifer’s tangles on TanglePatterns.com.

Related Links

Linda's List of Zentangle-Original Patterns — here is the complete list of original tangles (aka "official tangles") created and introduced by founders Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas, including those not published online. If you are new to the Zentangle Method I highly recommend learning a few of the published Zentangle classics first.

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